Author: Sandy Brehl
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977219977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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2014 MIDWEST BOOK AWARD GOLD MEDAL for CHILDREN'S FICTION. Listed among 2014 BEST BOOKS FOR GIRLS by A MIGHTY GIRL. ODIN'S PROMISE is a historical novel for middle-grade readers, a story of the first year of German occupation of Norway in World War II as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Eleven-year-old Mari grew up tucked safely under the wings of her parents, grandma, and her older siblings. After Hitler's troops invade Norway in Spring 1940, she is forced to grow beyond her "little girl" nickname to deal with harsh new realities. At her side for support and protection is Odin, her faithful elkhound. As the year progresses, Mari, her family, and her neighbors are drawn into the Norwegian underground resistance movement. "Readers will cheer for Mari as she discovers her inner strength - and the courage to help celebrate Norway's spirit of resistance." - Kathleen Ernst, author of American Girl's Caroline Abbott series and Chloe Ellefson Mystery series. "Beautifully written, emotionally taut novel of one girl's coming of age during war time." - Gayle Rosengren
Author: Sandra Price-Hosie
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490770119
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Sandy's Picture Stories is designed for busy teachers of Beginner ESL. Each Unit is based on a topic useful for new immigrants like "The Noisy Neighbor" or "The Burglar". Every Unit begins with a series of pictures meant to be copies on to light card stock and cut into card sets. This is followed by a randomized card set of key words and another of sentences. Students are meant to sequence the pictures and invent the story, then match key words to pictures and revise their story. More advanced students can match the pictures with the sentence cards and to read the story to a partners. This if followed by a correct sentence sequence so students can read it silently and orally and adjust their picture stories if needed. Next we have a word scramble to reinforce vocabulary learning and scrambled sentences to build grammar and syntax awareness. The unit concludes with a listening exercise to further reinforce learning. The total two-hour lesson is quick and easy to prepare yet is engaging and involving so students participate eagerly. This is a handy book that all teachers of Beginner ESL will want to have.
Author: Tanya Lee Stone
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0670062685
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
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As a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences. This is the story of Sandy?s Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov?s spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder?s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
Author: New York Post
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 162368448X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 133
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On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the Mid-Atlantic region. The devastation she would bring to the New York and New Jersey was widespread and unimaginable. Though warnings had been issued for days and many evacuated their homes and offices, thousands stood in the path of one of the strongest storms in the history of America. Winds on Long Island reached 90 mph. Large sections of Lower Manhattan flooded. Fire in Queens destroyed more than 100 buildings. In New Jersey, 2.6 million homes were without people and nearly 40 people were killed. A 50-foot piece of the Atlantic City Boardwalk washed away and half the city of Hoboken was under water. Hundreds of thousands were left without power and water, with dwindling food supplies. Amidst this devastation, Sandy inspired courage and hope in many New Yorkers, giving them the will to triumph against incalculable odds. Seeking shelter and the basic necessities of life, thousands continued to fight on to simply survive the harshest of conditions and help others do the same. These gripping moments of ruin and recovery are captured in "Sandy: A Story of Complete Devastation, Courage, and Recovery," which features award-winning stories and nearly 100 vivid full-color images from the "New York Post." A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book will be donated to the Mayor's Fund for New York City and Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
Author: Sandy Hanna
Publisher: Post Hill Press
ISBN: 1682617955
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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The Ignorance of Bliss tells the true story of ten-year-old Sandy, who moves with her American military family to Saigon, Vietnam where her father, the Colonel, serves as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army. In 1960s Saigon, Sandy finds a world of crushing poverty and extraordinary beauty; a world of streets, villas, and brothels, where politics and intrigue reside between plot and counterplot. Blissfully living a life of French decadence, Sandy maneuvers between coups, spies, bombings, corruption, and scandal as she and her thirteen-year-old brother, Tom, run an illicit baby powder and Hershey bar business on the black market and live a life of school, scouts, dance parties, and movies at the underground theater. When the Colonel’s counterpart, Colonel Le Van Sam, delivers an expose on the current ruling Diem regime, Sandy finds that her constant spying on her father’s activities has brought her face to face with the reality of Vietnam and the anti-American sentiment that pervades it. This coming-of age story takes place in a turbulent country striving for nationalism, giving the reader a stunning look into the life of military dependents living abroad and the underlying ignorance that surrounded a little understood time in history.
Author: Sandy Horsley
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1684463246
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Click! Click! Click! Sylvie the Squirrel is obsessed with selfies. However, as she's clicking away, Sylvie is missing out on the fun right in front of her. When her friends save her from a scary situation, Sylvie realizes what's really important and it's not taking selfies. Social media starts at an early age, and debut author/illustrator Sandy Horsley brings that issue to the forefront in this timely picture book. Selfies are fun, but nothing is more fun than being a good friend and living in the moment.
Author: Femida Handy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781897187692
Category : Beaches
Languages : en
Pages : 25
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While visiting the beach, Sandy is horrified by the mess left by other visitors and starts to clean up, and a local environmentalist tells her about limiting her footprint--the effect that how she lives leaves on the environment.
Author: Mary J. Staller
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466993561
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 21
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Meet Sandy Gull is a rhyming picture book about a self-assured if not cocky seagull who prides himself on being a bit of a rascal! Sandy spends a day on the beach with his new friend, a young boy named Mickey. He shares his philosophies of life near the sea, particularly his love of food. In Sandy’s enthusiasm for treats he gets himself into a bit of a bad situation when he attempts to steal a bag of potato chips from a sleeping sunbather. Mickey makes it clear that he cannot remain friends with anyone who would steal and Sandy learns his new friendship is important to him.
Author: Sandy Fussell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925381511
Category : Australian fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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Synopsis coming soon.......
Author: Tomie dePaola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481441574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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"Andy is small. Sandy is tall. Andy is quiet. Sandy is LOUD. When these two opposites-attract best friends play dress up, anything could happen."--
